According to Ubisoft, The Division 2 will not be launched on Steam as its successor was. Instead, the company chose Epic Games Store and Ubisoft Games Store to host this sequel of the 2016 hottest game.
This decision was not an unexpected one as before The Division 2, Ubisoft did the same thing to some of its game titles. However, this partnership between Ubisoft and Epic does not stop there. They will work together for a few titles to come next year. And that is all we know by now, no other details on what these games are were revealed.
This association of the two companies helps paint a more accurate picture of the struggle of platforms to be the first exclusive store to host games for consoles.
Along with the piece of news that Ubisoft will ditch Steam, the system requirements for The Division 2 were also being public. Players may expect to have 4 levels of performance. The highest is elite and then high, recommended. The lowest is the bare minimum.
The Division 2 PC System Requirements:
Minimum – 1080p | 30 FPS
- OS: Windows 7 | 8 | 10
- CPU: AMD FX-6350 | Intel Core I5-2500K
- RAM: 8 GM
- GPU: AMD Radeon R9 270 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 670
- VRAM: 2 GB
- DIRECT X: DirectX 11 | 12
Recommended – 1080p | 60 FPS
- OS: Windows 7 | 8 | 10
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 1500X | Intel Core I7-4790
- RAM: 8 GB
- GPU: AMD RX 480 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 970
- VRAM: 4 GB
- DIRECT X: DirectX 11 | 12
High – 1440p | 60 FPS
- OS: Windows 7 | 8 | 10
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 1700 | Intel Core I7-6700K
- RAM: 16 GB
- GPU: AMD RX Vega 56 | Nvidia Geforce GTX 1070
- VRAM: 8 GB
- DIRECT X: DirectX 11 | 12
Elite – 4K | 60 FPS
- OS: Windows 7 | 8 | 10
- CPU: AMD Ryzen 7 2700X | Intel Core I9-7900X
- RAM: 16 GB
- GPU: AMD Radeon VII | Nvidia Geforce RTX 2080 TI
- VRAM: 11 GB
- DIRECT X: DirectX 11 | 12
Last year, Epic, the developer of Fortnite launched their own store for PC games and offered a better deal for other developers. Those who make their games with Unreal Engine even get more benefits. Since then, the new platform has been bombarded with many exclusive rights from big names like Supergiant Games with its Hades and Thatgamecompany with Journey.
Epic Games Store is growing to be a deadly rival to Steam as it has successfully snatched some game titles that players thought would be launched on Steam. A prime example was The Walking Dead: The Final Season’s second half.
Discord also joined the race as it announced its own store with an even more attractive percentage for developers than that of both Epic and Steam. The company is also doing well as it is making effort to win its own exclusive deals.
Besides PC, the new version of The Division will also compatible with PS4 and Xbox One. The expected launching date is the 15th of March.